Mounting for drums and the like



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- A. H. SKAER ET AL Moumgm FOR mums AND THE LIKE Filed Sept. 30. 1922 2Sheets-Sheet 2 ,i a 1 l 1 z Patented Oct. 30, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR H. SKAER, THEODORE E. BARKER, AND OMAR E. CLARK, OF DENVER, COLO-RADO, ASSIGNORS, BY MES'LIE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE GARDNER-DENVER? COMPANY,OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 01" DELAWARE.

MOUNTING roe DRUMS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed September so, 1922. Serial No. 591,675.

The present invention relates to mountings for winding drums andmachinery of this character, particularly those of a relatively lighttype, such as arejused inand around mines.

The object is to provide a simple and effective turntable structure, onemember of which may be employed separately for mounting on a column orcolumnarm.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a vertical sectional viewthrough the mounting,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the carrier member,

Figure 3 is a plan view of the base member,

Figure 4 is an end view showing the carrier member mounted on a colummor col- 20 umn arm,

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view of the base member taken on the line5-5 of Figure 4,

Figures 6 and 7 are detail sectional views taken respectively on theline 6-6 and 77 of Figure 2,

Figure 8 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 88 of Figure 3.

In the embodiment disclosed, a bed member or plate 9 is provided that isgenerally rectan ular in form, and has a circular boss 10 on its upperside, providing corners or ears 11, perforated as shownat 12, to receivefas tening bolts. The boss 10 carries a central upstanding annularflange forming a tubular spindle 13 surrounded by a circular undercutgroove 14. that is concentric to said spindle. This groove is providedat diametrically opposite faces with openings 15 extending through itsbottom, through which openings can be passed the heads 16 of holding andclamping bolts 17 that are slidably engaged in the undercut portion ofthe groove 14. The bosses 10 on opposite sides of said groove areprovided with circular flat bearing faces 18.

A rotatable carrier member in the form of a base plate 19 is adapted tobe mounted upon the bed plate and is of generally rectangular form,having ears 20 at its corners that are perforated as shown at 21, sothat this member 19 can be secured to a base or support, if desired. Itis also provided at the corners with bearing faces 22 having bolt-holes23. A winding drum indicated generally at 24 (and which may be of anydesired charactor) is adapted to be mounted on the carrier member 19 andsuitably secured by bolts or other fasteners passing through the holes23. The underside of the carrier member is reenforced by suitable ribs25 terminating at their inner ends in a circular wall 26 forminga socketor annular guideway 27 that reoeives the upwardly extending ,fiange orspindle 13, as illustrated in Figure 1, so that the carrier member 19can be rotatably mounted on the base member and will bear upon thetrackways 18. The bolts 17, the heads of which are slidable in theundercut groove 14, pass through openings 28 in the carrier member 19,and nuts 29 on said bolts, bearing upon the base plate member, serve tohold the two members in associated relation, and when tightened, willhold said members against relative rotation.

The walls 26, forming the socket 27, are provided with sets ofdiametrically opposite notches or recesses 30, and the end walls of thebase plate member having alined notches 31. These provide seats in whicha column arm, indicated at 32 may be engaged when the carrier member isdetached from the base member. The arrangement is shown particularly inFigures 4 and 5. When thus employed the base plate member is secured byclamps, comprising bolts 33 that are located on opposite sides of thecolumn or column arm and are connected by cross pieces 3 1 located belowsaid column or column arm and engaged therewith. These bolts 33 haveheads 35 that are detachably mounted in open sided recesses 36, shown inFigures 6 and 7 formed at the juncture of the reenforoing ribs 25 andcircular wall 26.

With this construction, it will be evident that the winding drum 24, orother instrumentality, may be mounted on the base plate member, 19. Thebase plate member may be rotatably mounted on the base member 9, whichis secured to a suitable holding support, and the drum or other machinecan thus be rotated and clamped in any desired position. The base platemember may also be disengaged from the bed plate member 9 andindividually fixed upon a support by bolts or other fasteners passedthrough the openings 21 and ears 20, or said base plate mem ber 19 canbe mounted on a column armor column by placing the bolts 33 in positionand utilizing the cross bars 34 to form a wellknoWn type of clamp.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation andmany advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art, Without further description, and it Will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion aud minordetails of construction, may be resorted to Without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention Having thusfully described our invention, What We, claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a hoist, the combination of a base plate having an annulargui-deWay, a bed plate, an upwardly extending annular flange on said bedplatecooperating with said gui'dewaya'nd 2 adapted to enable said baseplate to be rotated about said upwardly extending flange, and meansrotatable with the base plate to prevent unseating of the base plate andfor clamping said bed plate and base plate to: gether against rotation.

2. In a hoist the combination of a base plate having an annularguideWay, a bed plate, and an upwardly extending annular flange on saidbed plate cooperating With said guide- Way and adapted to enable saidbase plate to be rotated relative to said bed plate, said base platebeing formed With a plurality of holes "adapted to receive bolts toenable said base plate to be clamped to said bed plate, a flat supportand the like.

In testimony whereof, We afiix our signatures. l v

ARTHUR H. SKAER.

THEODORE E. BARKER. OMAR E. CLARK.

